Hinge means for casement windows



` July 24, 1928. 1,678,512

J. LXC. HEINZ HINGE MEANS FOR CASEMENT WINDOWS Filed Aug. 18, 1926 3 sheets-sheet 1 ,WQ-""'lifln 1 \m jl' l* E \\S m July 24, 1928.

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JOHN L. C. HEINZ, OIE' CHICAGOYILKLINOIS.

Application :tiled y.Aligust 18, 192. Serial No. 129,891.

My invention relates to hinge means for easement windows; and the main object of the invention is to provide hinge means of this kind which is arranged and providedv with means to graduallyk move the window upwardly and at the same time tilt it inwardly during the opening of the window,

'moved or tilted so that the upper end ot the window is `inwardly away from the Yframe while the lower end is moved upward- 'ly from behind the windowstool during the window opening operation.

A" further y object is to provide manual operating means on the hinges for positivelymoving `thewindow into its closing position andl likewise into its opening position; and a -further object is to provide such manual means or `lever means with means for positively retaining and locking thewindow in its closed position behind the window stool and also for:

positively retaining or holdingthe window liii its upper position or opening, position.

Otlieil objects and advantageous ends arey attained with my inventioinas will become apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a caseinent window, with one window ksash open and the other closed, and having my improved hinge means or mechanism applied thereto; f

Fig. '2 is a vertical cross sectional viewon line 2-2 ,of Fig. 1, with the window closed;

yFig. 3 is.y an enlarged vertical sectional view on line 3-3 ofv Fig. l; i

Fig. .Ll is a ,view similar to that shown in Fig. 3, but showing the window and hinge means inthe opened position;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on -line 5--5 of F ig. t;

Figa 6 is a horizontal sect-ion on line 6 6 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on line 7-7 of Fig. 1

Fig. 8 is a view similar to that shown 1n Fig. 7, but showing the window and hinge means in the opened position, and

Figs. 9 and 10 are sectional views taken Lon lines 9-9 and 10-410 of Figa-7.

In the drawings my improved hinge means f or hinge mechanism is illustrated in con-` :therein of a pin I-INGE MEANS FOR GASEMENT WINDOWS.

nectionwith a easement window including the window sashcs 11 and 12, which are swingably mounted in the window frame 13 and have their upper ends 11 and 12 bevelled to t closely under the bevelled edge 14 of the cap-or head meinberll on the window; and these window sashes are provided with my improved hinge mechanism whereby the windows may be moved or tilted inwardly with the upperends and at the same Vtime the lower ends of the window are elevated or lifted up from behind the window stool 15 of the easement window.

My improved hinge mechanism or iinproved hinge means, as illustrated in these drawings, preferably comprises two main hinge means, 16 and 17 the means 16 being attached to the upper part of the window and being arranged to permit 'inward tilting of the attached part of the window away from' the window frame, and the hinge means 17 is attached to the lower part of the Awindow and is arranged to permit upward sliding of the window from behind the window stool 15 and while the upper part of the window is moving inwardly from the frame into the room. i

The upper hinge means 16 preferably `comprises a hinge part 18 attached to the frame, with screws or any suitable fastening element, and a hinge part which is attached to the window sash and includes swingably connected elements 19 and 20, said elements being preferably arranged in the form of a flap hinge with pintle barrels and a pintle therein, to provide freely swinging and folding together of said elements during the operation of the window.` The element 19'is kconnected to the window sash, with screws or any suitable fastening elements as indicated in the drawings. These two hinge parts are connected by a member or plate 21 which isy pivot-ally connected by a pin 22 to a hinge part 18, and by a pin 23 to hinge element 20. A curved slot 2li is provided in ypart 18 for free movement therein of a pin 25 fastened on plate 21, and a curved slot 26 is provided in plate 21 for free movement 27 fastened on element 20, said pins having in the drawings, to prevent wobloling or tiltinoveinent of the hinge and plate? enlarged heads, as shown `tween thefspacedbarrels 30. vS1 has an enlarged inner bore 31.",

in planes transverse or at an angle relative to each other. The part 1S is preferably also provided with a hase plate 28 set into the window frame and having suitable grooves or depressions therein to provide vrfree movement oit the headset said pins and avoiding any cutting of a number of grooves inthe frame.

The hinge means 17 preferably comprises ay part 30 fastened on-the-windowfftrame, and a part 31 fastened on the window sash, with suitable 'fastening` elements.' -Thewpart 3() has spaced pintle harrels 30, with a pintle 32, fand thepart 31'has a pintle harrelfl slidahle longitudinally along the pintle, he-

which is enlarged at one endfor both ends, asbest indicated in 9, so as to permit tilting or transverse inward movement of thewindow, vespecially the upper partthereef, away "from the window traine', at the same time that "the `lower-,part ot the windowafand in fact `:the entire window, is being lifted vertically and upward from hehindthe` window stool.; s

Manual means or. lever n'ieansv is provided for positively movingthe window into its .opened and also -into closed position, and

furthermore; or:reta1ningor. holding `the windowvand 1tsattaehed hinged part either in such open or elevated* positionor in `its closedi or, lowered position'.` This means comprises a'lcver 33 `pivoted with a pini-134 on'hinge part 30, between said' ypart :and a guide, plate or covering band The yrlever is provided with curif'cdstrips 36 and.37 forniiug a curvedv slot rthereb'etween 'in whichtravels vthe'pintlc barrel 31. i

` lt apparent from the above disclosure that by moving the lever 33 into its" downward position, as show/nin Fig; '7, the curved outer tingeror strip 3G forces the pintlebarrell with the hinge part 31 and the attached window positively into its closedfposition, withpintle harrel 31;- moved to itslower limitLo'l travel on Ypintle-32and seatedon the lower pintle barrel 30,`and it also locks land retains the window in the elosedipesition behind the window stool; and Ahy 4moving said `levennpwardly into its-upper posi.- tionyias shown in Figi 8; the curved inner dinger Tmoves pintle barrel 31@ and hinge partlwith the-window upwardly and also holds and retains thefsame inf such raisedf o1' upper positioin with-the barrel 131 -atithe upper limit of its travel on 'pintle 32, near the upper barrel 30'.. HItfis also apparent that asuthe leverr is-:swung upwardly andthe entire window is being lifted; that at :the same time the upper partei the'window is tilted ori swung` .away rom'ithe frame inwardly intothe room,` mainly due to-,the construction of theyy hinge meansr16 at the upper part olf-the window; while the hinge means 17 at the lower part of ther window Said lbarrel permits such tilting of the upper or main part of the window, due to the enlarged portions or ends of bore 31 in pintle barrel 31; and it is furthermore evident that both ,the-hinge means 16-and the hinge means 1T co-joperate in effectively 'tilting and moving the upper part of the window away romthe frame while the window is heilig litted'npwardly from behind the window fstool, andialso. that the upper hinge means 16 shifts the upperpa-rt ot the window with itsattached hir-igey part bodily inwardly away from the frame and the hinge part 18. .i-hat Iclaim as my invention and desire toiseeure hyfLetters'Patent is: f :el

r1;ll-inge ,means for afcasement window, said .hinge means "comprising'means fastened *to thel window nearvits upper partxfor tilt ing the: upper part otstheiwindow inwardly tromv tliewframe 'andfmeans 'apart ro'mf said iirst me'ansr'to enablevmovingi the lower part "of the `window upwardly =from behind. the window stool while `the 'upper party isf being -tilted anda lever with means :for positively :openings and closing fthe KVAwindow 1 and* Jfor holding it' in itsk openedfposition and falso `in :its closed position. f -i ZnHinge .means comprising a foldahle hingev part .having:leaves-=:swingably`- con 'neeted,' another hmgepart, and' plate hav-L ing 'pin `meansipivotally connected to 1 one ofsaid leaves andthe other otsaid hinge Af parts z tov permit fswinging movement of' said yparts with relation to each other; 'i

Snflingeineans comprising ya hinge part with f 'elements` swingably coiineetedf,i i another hinge partyand means pivotal-fly connecting Ysaid two hinge parts and including' slot'fand pin means :with headsf'lor 'preventing wobbling or relative tilting! movemento'fone hinge part with respectfto the other l 4. Llliinge lmeanscomprising aE part :fastenable on'the window frame'and aipartifastenable'on the windowythere being cooperating pintle barrels on said parts, and a leverI with rcurved 1 strips `embracing "said pintle barrel on ,the window .partfor positively moving fsaicl-avintlow andi fthe attached hinge 1 part vertically on the other hinge'parta'andthe frame -andfor locking said-window in fposi- 5. Hinge means comprisinL spaced `pintle charrels iandffa pintle," a ipart with a pintle barrel slidable longitudinally on" said fpintleizbetweeir said spaced barrels, and a lever with means for slidabl-y engaging zand positively moving Jsaid' slidable. pintle barrel and its hingepart in either 'direction lon-said pintle. 2 vf f". 6. Hinge means comprising a part with spaced pintlef'harrels andi a pintle, 'a kpart 4witha pintle barrely tiltable `on said :pintle and alsoslidable longitudinally along said pintle, and Ya `lever*` 'with means `for engaging yiboth; ends of said'wslidablebarrelwand :for

lpositively moving it along ysail pintle7 and for positively retaining it at either end of its travel on said pintle. Y

7. Hinge means comprising a leaf hinge 5 part With spaced pintle barrels and a intle therein, a part With a pintle barrel shdable longitudinally on said pintle between said spaced barrels and having a conical opening enlarged at an end to permit tilting of said Y barrel at either end of its travel.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JOHN L. C. HEINZ. 

